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Video: "Enjoy the Enjoyment"
🕑 Added 2020-01-30 13:00:04 +0000 UTCPatreon Exclusive! In this "Maximal" episode, Joshua and Ryan talk about desire, yearning, craving and impulse and lust and longing and aspiration with author, theologian, and philosopher Peter Rollins, and they answer the following questions:
Can our desires ever be truly satisfied? (26:49)
Is there a difference between mimetic desire and personal desire? (37:12)
How do I reconcile desire with guilt and beliefs? (45:17)
How do I detach from the desire to not hold on to any desires? (51:22)
Is there a difference between being impulsive and being spontaneous? (55:48)
Are our desires and our fears tied to one another? (58:14)
How do I determine when to pursue an aspiration and when to let it go? (1:01:23)
LINKS
Article: Five Insane Ideas About Sex from Ancient Philosophers
Book: Everything That Remains
Explore: Don DeLillo
Explore: Jacques Lacan
Explore: Object A
Facebook: Peter Rollins
Instagram: Jordan Moore
Instagram: Podcast Shawn
Instagram: Peter Rollins
Instagram: Jessica Williams
Patreon: Peter Rollins
Podcast: Desire
Podcast: The Fundamentalists
Subscribe: The Minimalists
Text: 937-202-4654
Tour: The Minimalists
Twitter: Peter Rollins
Watch: Peep Show
Website: Peter Rollins
MAXIMS
“The demand is what we say; the desire is what we feel.” —Peter Rollins
“Pleasure is the happiness from getting what you want; enjoyment is the happiness from the anticipation.” —Peter Rollins
“It’s easier to change your beliefs to match your desires than to change your desires to match your beliefs.” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“Do you like what you like, or did someone else tell you to like it?” —Joshua Fields Millburn
“What we don’t like tells us something about what we like.” —Peter Rollins
This Maximal episode corresponds with Minimal episode 217.
Comments
Alex Coronado
What a beautiful episode, looking forward to join Pete’s Patreon 5 steps to fulfill my desires 😂
